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A. BURAGKER.

FLOOD FENCE No. 359,771. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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AMBROSE BURAGKER, OF BEARDSTOYVN, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,771, dated March 22, 1887.

Application filed August 31, 1856. Serial No. 212,303.

To 0:22 whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Annnosn BURAOKER, of Beardstown, in the county of Cass and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Flood-Gate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in floodgates; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of agate embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a view of one section of the gate, representing the parts as they would appear after the gate had been opened by a flood. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of the foot to which the main section of the post is riveted or bolted. Fig. el is a detail view of the lower end of the post and foot.

In constructing such a gate as the one illus trated in the drawings above referred to, 1 mount two posts, 30, upon the banks of the stream and provide each post with an upper bracket, 31, and a lower bracket or stop, 32. In these brackets I pivotally mount the supporting-bars 33, the upper ends of said bars inclining inward from a vertical line. These bars 33 carry rods 3i, which are arranged to slightly overlap the center, and these overlapping ends are supported by a post, 36, which is pivoted to a foot, 37. The post 36 is pro vided with a number of apertures, through which the rods 3i pass. The foot 37 may be secured in the ground in any desired manner; but in practice I prefer to sink tubes 12, and within these tubes I place the foot 37, providing the foot with disks 13, the lower one of which is held from dropping by a pin, lat, while the upper one is held against any upward inovenientby a pin, 15. The upper end of the foot 37 is concave, and is provided with ears 2, while the lower end of the post 86 is also concave and provided with ears 8, that are similar to the ears 2. The foot and post are united by a rivet or bolt, 5, the two concave faces being placed together, from which (No model.)

arrangement it followsthat the post will be normally held in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1; but any undue pressure against the post will turn it upon its pivot, so that it will lie upon the ground, as shown in Fig. 2.

A gate constructed substantially as described would prevent the passage of cattle or animals; but should the central post he struck by any heavy debris carried by the stream, the post will be thrown to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2; but, owing to the peculiar manner in which the two sections of the gate are mounted, the bars 34 would immediately swing back to a position across the stream-that is, into a line parallel with the general line of the fence in connection with which the gate is arranged.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a post provided with ears 3 and formed with a lower concave face, of a foot provided with ears 2 and formed with a concave face and a rivet, 5, substantially as described.

2. In a floodgate, the combination, with pivoted uprights provided with horizontallyprojecting bars or rods, of an intermediate pivoted post provided with apertures for receiving the free ends ofthe said bars or rods, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a flood-gate, the combination, with a gate-post and uprights pivoted thereto and provided with horizontally-projecting bars or rods, of an intermediate post consisting of two sections pivoted together, the upper section being provided with apertures to receive the free ends of the said bars or rods, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. A gate for a flood-fence, consisting, essentially, of a foot, 37, a post, 36, bars 34, uprights 33, which support the bars 34, and posts 30, formed with brackets 31 and 32, the uprights 33 being mounted so that their upper ends incline inward from a vertical line, substantially as described.

AMBROSE BURACKER.

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F. E. DOWNING, THos. V. FINNEY. 

